Sprinkler head gets King County bomb response

The sprinkler head that police mistook fora possible bomb Thursday afternoon when it was under a patrol car in SeaTac. (KCSO)

King County sheriff’s deputies responded Thursday afternoon to a possible pipe bomb under a patrol car in SeaTac.

But it turned out to be a sprinkler head.

The device was found about 1 p.m. under the car near City Hall, and workers were evacuated. But about 2 p.m., Sgt. Cindi West said it was only a sprinkler head that looked like a potential bomb. It was not immediately clear if the sprinkler head was left there on purpose or coincidentally.